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‘Madness’: Standoff in Northern Ireland town as protesters block first Orangemen march in decades
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- Sep 28, 2026, 12:53 AM UTC
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Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares an open border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. At the 2021 census, its population was 1,903,175, making up around 3% of the UK's population and 27% of the population on the island of Ireland. The Northern Ireland Assembly, established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998, holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the UK Government.
More on Wikipedia ↗The attempt to hold the Protestant parade through a Catholic section of Portadown followed the lifting of an almost 30-year ban on the contentious route.
By Cathal McNaughton and Amanda FergusonPORTADOWN, Northern Ireland, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Around 2,000 protesters blocked a Protestant parade from marching through the Cat… Leggi